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Saudi Aramco has reported a 26% year on year rise in quarterly profit, buoyed by stronger crude prices and a strategic shift towards pipeline based exports that helped counter shipping disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.
The world’s largest oil producer said net income increased as it redirected a greater share of its crude flows through overland routes and expanded capacity on existing…
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Penspen has been awarded a critical research project designed to look into how hydrogen can support the transition of the UK’s industrial clusters.
Hydrogen Transition Pathways for Industrial Clusters is a research and decision-support project for the Future Energy Networks (FEN), Energy Innovation Centre, Northern Gas Networks (NGN), and Xoserve. FEN’s current members include National Gas…
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Diaphragm pump manufacturer LEWA has significantly improved the performance of its LEWA ecoflow LDH Boxer (LDHB) process pump by20%, enabling operators to improve efficiency.
The upgrade allows users to boost performance without resizing equipment or increasing system costs.
For example, at a flow rate of 2,200 l/h, the maximum discharge pressure rises from 622 bar to 746 bar. Alternatively,…
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Up to 400 construction jobs and 100 permanent roles could be created under plans for the UK’s first commercial-scale waste-to-hydrogen facility.
The £120 million (€138 million) proposal, brought forward by Hydrogen TE (Manston) Ltd and the first of its kind, has been submitted as part of a full planning application for a site at Manston, Kent. The development would process around 44,000…
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When it comes to dosing different fertilisers, Valencia-based Maquienvas was dissatisfied with electromagnetic and mass flowmeters, which struggled with abrasive, corrosive and organic fluids.
The company turned to NETZSCH, who recommended PERIPRO® peristaltic pumps specifically for this challenging application.
The compact hose pumps integrate easily into the filling machine and deliver…
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In the petrochemical field, FlowCore Industries has launched its next generation magnetic drive pump series, engineered for aggressive and high temperature media.
The new design improves energy efficiency by 12% through reduced internal friction and enhanced impeller geometry.
Built with corrosion resistant alloys and leak free containment, the pumps aim to support operators seeking lower…
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Two stainless-steel Blueline Borger pumps with double-acting mechanical seals have been put into operation by a chemical company for conveying Tristyrylphenol.
Utilised to enhance the penetration and spread of the active ingredient in pesticide formulations, the Tristyrylphenol is transferred by the duo of Borger pumps from arriving tanker trucks to storage tanks.
Handling viscosities of 65 to…
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EDF has appointed Celeros Flow Technology (Celeros FT) as its preferred supplier of RPE pumps for the upgrade of its existing PWR fleet of nuclear reactors in France.
The contract was formally signed by Jose Larios, CEO of Celeros FT, and Christophe Chanut, deputy director of EDF DIPDE (Division Ingénierie du Parc et De l’Environnement), at WNE 2023 in Paris recently.
Following the signing…
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Lummus Technology has revealed that announced Haldia Petrochemicals will license its olefins conversion technology and the Lummus/Versalis cumene and phenol technologies for a new plant in West Bengal, India.
Once HPL's plant is complete, it will be India's largest cumene and phenol plant and the nation's first on-purpose propylene plant.
The milestone will also help HPL become India's first…
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Axens and ZPJE have established Nectis - a joint-venture dedicated to the promotion and sale of Spiral Tubes Heat Exchangers.
Energy efficiency improvement is a significant contributor to the achievement of the Paris Agreement objectives.
Nectis aims at contributing to this effort in promoting the application of Spiral Tube Heat Exchangers (STHE) to unlock heat integration opportunities in…
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Wanner International has received an order for a range of 75 Hydra-Cell chemical process pumps.
After intensive testing, the company chose the Hydra-Cell Flow Chemistry and High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) pumps over the incumbent traditional metering pumps because of the advanced mechanical and hydraulic design.
The pump technology and application knowledge capabilities deliver real…
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Bedford Pumps has supplied two of their fish friendly pumps to a chemical plant in Runcorn to aid in the chemical process.
INOVYN ChlorVinyls, part of INEOS, is Europe’s leading producer of vinyls and manufactures in eight countries across Europe. Their Runcorn site which focuses on the production of chlorine, caustic soda and chlorinated derivatives, produces chemicals for a wide variety of…
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Sulzer advanced separation technology will enable end-of-life plastics recycling at Indaver’s first plastic depolymerisation plant under construction in Antwerp, Belgium.
The new Plastics2Chemicals (P2C) plant will drive polymer circularity by using Sulzer separation technology to reclaim and purify 30,000 tonnes of plastic waste per year. The resulting pure chemical feedstock can then be…
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CPC Pumps International has extended its product range by launching its new BB5 pump.
Applications for CPC centrifugal pumps are traditionally in the wider refining and petrochemical industries.
The addition of the BB5 is timely primarily because one of its major applications will be in helping to sustainably lower environmental impacts.
It will be used in carbon capture, utilisation and…
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Phillips 66 has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification for its Sweeny Refinery in Texas to process oil made from waste plastics into new feedstocks.
“Phillips 66 is committed to keeping plastics out of the environment and driving toward a more circular economy where plastics packaging is reused, recycled or recovered,” said Zhanna Golodryga,…
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Henkel and Shell Chemical have agreed to a five-year collaboration to replace up to 200,000 tonnes of fossil feedstocks used in the manufacture of surfactants with feedstocks that are based on renewable raw materials.
The renewable-based surfactants will be used in Henkel’s laundry products including many varieties of Persil®, Purex® and all® brands.
“This landmark cooperation…
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Bedford Pumps has provided two of their fish friendly pumps to a chemical plant in Runcorn in the UK to aid in the chemical process.
INOVYN ChlorVinyls, part of INEOS, is Europe’s leading producer of vinyls and manufactures in eight countries across Europe. Their Runcorn site which focuses on the production of chlorine, caustic soda and chlorinated derivatives, produces chemicals for a wide…
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Synova, SABIC Global Technologies and Technip Energies have signed an agreement to collaborate on a new plant development which will produce olefins and aromatics from plastic waste.
The plant will use a combined technology developed by Synova and T.EN and will be integrated with one of SABIC’s steam crackers. The new plant will contribute to SABIC’s vision of closing the loop on used…
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